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:confused: I am beginning my final sememster in August of 08. One of the buggers in that section is Critical Care. Any advice on what could help me be prepared over this summer break? I am currently a PCA on the behavioral health floor and it just doesn't offer much critical care experience. Thanks

Daytonite, BSN, RN

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

it scared me too when i was in school. looking back on it now, there are certain critical conditions that land people in icu like respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, pulmonary embolisms and heart failure. there are also certain procedures that are only done in icus and not out on the regular nursing units. also, as a staff nurse i learned that there was a handful of medications that only the nurses in icu were allowed to give because they had been trained to work with them. here are some helpful weblinks you might want to check out:

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